Improvement in gate



D D struction of a. gate and hinge, consisting of a movi-i able `rod or`shaitl; providedwith suitablepivotsmn .Ji/nunsr A. wooD AND EDWARD v.

` `Letters Patent'lv'o. 97,745, datedD'ecrember 7,1869. D

`1Mrazovins/.truer IN GATE.

The Schedule referred to in these LettersvPatent and making part of thesame.

To all 'whom it ma/ l/ concern i j i Beit known that we, J AMES A VWoonand EDWARD V.`MA.RBAK`ER, of Crosswicks, in the county of Burlington,land in the State of New Jersey, have invented certain-new and usefulImprovements" in Gate and Hinge;` and do hereby declare that `thefcllowingis a j full, clear, and exact description thereoiil-re'e'rence`being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, `making a part of t-hisspeciiication.' y The nature ofour invent-ion consists in the' conwhich `the gate `is hung, and Working`in connection witha crank, having two pulls and a'leverlwhich isprovided with rods, "foropeningfand closing the gate,ith'ewholelsupported by, and'working in connection with "a stationarycircularring, as will 'be hereinafter fullysetl forth.

vIn order to enable others skilled in the art to winch our in ventionappertainatdmake and Duse the same, D we will now proceed to describeits construction and operation, referring to the annexed` drawings,` in

Figure 1 is. a side viewiof `a gate and .gate-posts,

Iwith the hinge complete; i i Figure 2 is a plan .view of the stationarycircular ring, with the crank, pulls, lever, androds ;V

D Figure D3 isal rearview` of the lever, showing the mannerof attachingthe rods bywhich the gate is op# D- eratedl; Y Y D D D D Figure4 4 isafrontview of the .lower'portion of the movable rod or shaft, showing thelower pivots, on

which the gate Ais hung; j

Figure 5 isa plan view of the plate, at or nearthe lower end ofthegate,to support the gate on the lower pivots of the movable shaft; and

Figure 6 represents a perspective view of 'the gate and hinge;

A` represents the gate, lnadein vany ofthe known and usual ways,and; D Ii i B is the post, to which the gate Ais hung.

On top loli' the post B, is secured a circular ring,` C,

through the centre of l which passes a movable 4shaft D or rod, D,whichrnns downward parallel with the pos't 13, passing-through aguide-plate, a, and resting on another plate, 11, atenon being formed onthe lower end of the shaft, andinserted into the plate l1;

*Above the guide a, the shaft'l) is provided with a pivot, d,`on which`a loop, e,at theupper end `of the gate, is hung; andjabove the lowerplate b,on'the shaft, is an arm, E, extending on both sides of theshaft, and having at each end a pivot, f.

l i, A1701' near the lower endof the gate, is secured a plate, g, havingin the centre of its rear edge a sennwith a box-like projection, inwhich are pivoted two 'pulls or dogs, .G G, which extend, oneon eachside of A the crank, and their front ends restagainst' projections ftt', on the outer circumference'of the circle C, while their rear-'endsare within 'the'box on the crank F, pressed apart by av spiral or otherspring, h, as seen. in g. 2. j n' AAt the rear end of the box, on thecrank, is pivoted a lever, HDwhichis provided in the centre with aclamp-.like projection, I, extending inward'intothe box,and embracingthe rear ends of the pulls G G.

To the ends of the lever H, are pivoted rods J J, which, by ropes orchains, are connected with -posts K K, placed one on each side, and asuitable distance from tlieDgate-post B; rlhe rods vJ J are attached tothe lever H, insncha manner, that 'when crossed, which-is theirproper-poy i turn on theD upper pivot d and on one of the lower v When avehicle, or apperson on horseback is approaching the gate, the' gatexnay be opened without dismounting, by the following means:

The person pulls on the rope attached to the rod J, when the clamp Iraises or releases the pull G nearest to the operator ii'om theprojection i, which allows the .crank F to turn, turning at the sametime'the shaft D.4 Then, by the action of the bar E, pivots f f,andplate g, the front end of the gate israised up sufiiciently to allow thelock, if properly-constructed, to unlatch itself, when the gate willturn away from the operator, and allowliim to pass through. In .like

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-MARBAKE or cRosswIcKs, yNew JERSEY., i

`When the latch is opened hand, the gate will 1 1. The movable shaft orrod D, provided with pivot d, arm E, and pivots f f, substantially asand/for thepurposes herein set forth. u

2. In combination with the arm E and pivots jf, the plate g,-eonst-ruoted as described, and for the purposes set forth. u

3. The crank F, secured to'the upper end of the shaft D, and provided ntits rear end with a, box-like 1nojeotion,in., whioh the pulls G G :trepivoted,a1l substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth. 4.lhe arrangement of the pawls G Gand spring h, in combination with theprojetions ifi on the circle C, substantially as and for the purposes`set forth.

5, The lever H, provided at its centre with the fit-messes EDVARD V.MARBAKER.

HUDSON S. ELLIS, REUBEN M. HARTMAN.

